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The End of the Line by David Nelson Two old World War 2 vets end up in the same hospital, suffering from unusual conditions. In another part of the hospital, a ghost is stalking the corridors. This ghost and the two vets have a past, as one of these men murdered him while he was performing a ritual that had cosmic implications. Now it's time to finish the ritual, and these two men, along with others, are transported back to a secluded beach in Asia, and surrounded by the enemy. |
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Stranger Back Home by E.L. Haines One day, your father is a renowned diplomat. The next day, he's an infamous terrorist. When Sparrow is summoned to the reading of his father's last will and testament, the most he hoped for was a minor bequest. Instead, he inherited suspicion and accusations from the Empire that his father helped unite. Locked away in a vault are the secrets that will reveal Xavier DuMont's mysterious past and shine a light on Sparrow's future. Perhaps even the future of the entire realm. Of course, these secrets won't be obtained easily. Especially when everyone in this magical world seems so casually racist. Social dynamics in this world were already pretty strange. Somehow, Sparrow makes everything stranger. |
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I Kill Monsters by Dennis Liggio The Nowak Brothers Mikkel and Szandor kill monsters. So what if they're making it up as they're going along? How much do you need to know to bash in a zombie's head with a lead pipe or slice a ghoul with an internet-bought katana? They may in fact have no clue what they're doing. But if you need someone to go down into the sewers to clear out some monsters, figure out why everyone in your neighborhood is getting bitten, or if you swear you really saw a zombie and you don't know who to call, then call them. They'll show up in their van of makeshift weapons, gear, and cleaning supplies to investigate your problem. They may be twenty-somethings with their own issues, but when it comes to monsters they know what they're doing. They probably have no clue what they're doing. That has never stopped them before. Hired by a woman from the rich side of town who believes she's being stalked by monsters, the two brothers think they've finally gotten an easy job that will pay well. But as they follow the clues, nothing adds up. Kidnappings, jackbooted commandos, and mysterious emails are just the beginning. Soon they find themselves involved in something bigger than monsters. It's anybody's guess whether they'll come through it alive, much less get paid. |
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Melody's mum made a bargain with the Fae twenty years ago, but she's the one who ends up paying for it. Somehow she has to survive nearly a year in the realms of the Fae, until her eighteenth birthday, without getting more entangled in their world and unable to ever leave it. The Fae can be vindictive, manipulative and retaliate at the smallest slight, often using your greatest fears against you. Melody needs to make sure they never learn how terrified she is of spiders, particularly when helping a Fae knight brings her to the attention of his enemies, the arachnid people. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. |
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JP.Lames: Witch-Hunter by K.S. Marsden ~Prequel to the Witch-Hunter trilogy~ James Bennett is a Yorkshire lad, making the big move to Oxford to start university. His ambitions involve getting a good education; impressing the Rugby Club; and not throttling his roommate. All perfectly normal drama, until Hallowe'en. A girl's murder throws James into the dangerous world of witches, and those that hunt them. |
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Shift Happens by T.M. Baumgartner Everyone has an alternate form. Lucky people never shift into it. For everyone else, thereās the Magical Probation Department. MPD Officer Angela Jones has spent her entire career helping shifters get back into their human forms and ensuring they can manage their magical powers. Her methods are a little unconventional, but sheās built a strong community of people who help each other. A far cry from her coworkers who would rather emulate the tough guy hero of āShift Enforcers,ā protecting the world from shifters at any cost and grabbing all the glory along the way. Angela has mostly resigned herself to never being promoted again. But a new source of magic downtown is causing havoc. She canāt convince her boss to look into itā¦until a fire-breathing dragon appears. Now Angela is being shut out of the case of a lifetime, and the city she protects is in danger of being destroyed. When shift happens, Angela must step upā¦even if it means risking her own life to safeguard others. |
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Psycho Hose Beast From Outer Space by C.D. Gallant-King SPFBO7 SPSFC SPSFC 2022 SPSFC 2023 Newfoundland, Canada, 1992. Gale Harbour hasnāt seen any excitement since the military abandoned the base there thirty years ago, unless you count the Tuesday night 2-for-1 video rentals at Jerry's Video Shack. So when a dead body turns up floating in the town water supply, all evidence seems to point to a boring accident. Niall, Pius and Harper are dealing with pre-teen awkwardness in the last days of summer before the start of high school. The same night the body is found, the three of them witness unusual lights in the sky over the bay. Is it a coincidence? Are the lights connected to the rapidly-increasing string of mysterious deaths? And what does the creepy old lady at the nursing home have to do with it? There is an evil older than time hidden deep beneath the waters of the North Atlantic. It is hungry, and vengeful, and it has its sights set on Gale Harbour to begin its path of destruction. All that stands in its way are a group of kids who would rather be playing Street Fighter II... |
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Waking the Witch by W. V. Fitz-Simon She never wanted to be a witch, but when sorcerers threaten her loved ones, what else should the 20th century woman do? Slip on her favorite Siouxsie Sioux t-shirt, touch up her makeup, and bring down the house. Literally. To Gosha Armitage, magic is a four-letter word, but in her mother's world of witchcraft, words have power, power Gosha will sacrifice everything to acquire. When a murderous sorcerer masquerading as a New Age guru conspires to consume the life force of her best friend, the reluctant witch has no choice but to embrace her heritage, submit to her mother's caustic authority, and descend into a clandestine world of magic and intrigue with only her wits, five spells, and her favorite lipstick to help her. After a lifetime denying her connection to witchcraft, will Gosha learn to trust her mother's training in time to save her friend? Waking the Witch is the first installment in The Witch of Cheyne Heath supernatural mystery series from author W. V. Fitz-Simon. If you like Absolutely Fabulous, Terry Pratchett's Witches of Lancre, and complex mother-daughter relationships, you'll love this arch and cozy spellpunk adventure. Buy Waking the Witch and step into the glamorous, enigmatic, dangerous world of Cheyne Heath today! |
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Book of Secrets by Claudia Blood Joshua Lighthouse never wanted to save the world, but now he has no choice. Three hundred years ago, the human world and the world of Myth underwent a cataclysmic Merge. Those who survived ā both human and Others ā formed factions. Joshua led one faction, the Human Protection Agency, which is charged with maintaining the safety of the humans in his city. He secretly protects an artifact more powerful than even he knowsā¦ The Book of Secrets. As the anniversary of the Merge approaches, Joshuaās world is turned upside down, the order heās maintained for so long is stripped away from him. He is kidnapped and betrayed, and a bounty is placed on his head. And the Book? Stolen. On the run from the organization he once served and legions of Others who seek to kill him, Joshua is in a race against time to find the Book of Secrets and prevent the inter-species war that will end the world he knows forever. Can one man find his way to salvation when everything he believed in turns out to be something else? The Book of Secrets is an unrelenting page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their saddles, an epic urban fantasy for fans of Rick Riordan and Sarah J. Maas. |
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Kept From Cages by Phil Williams No one returns from Ikiri. Reeceās gang of criminal jazz musicians have taken shelter in the wrong house. Thereās a girl with red eyes bound to a chair. The locals call her a devil ā but Reece sees a kid that needs protecting. Heās more right than he knows. Chased by a shadowy swordsman and an unnatural beast, the gang flee across the Deep South with the kid in tow. She wonāt say where sheās from or who exactly her scary father is, but sheās got powers they canāt understand. How much will Reece risk to save her? On the other side of the world, Agent Sean Taskerās asking similar questions. With an entire village massacred and no trace of the killers, heās convinced Duvcorpās esoteric experiments are responsible. His only ally is an unstable female assassin, and their only lead is Ikiri ā a black-site in the Congo, which no one leaves alive. How far is Tasker prepared to go for answers? Kept From Cages is the first part in an action-packed supernatural thriller duology, filled with eccentric characters and intricately woven mysteries. Click BUY NOW or READ NOW to start your journey to Ikiri today. |
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Where I Belong by Willow Woods When all you know is forgotten, you can change a kingdom. Explore Jadeus and the kingdom of Saphyre, a realm rich with magic and corruption. Alexandra is a young woman intent on forging her own destiny. But the Princess of Karstares is not free to marry for love and her relationship with a lowly knight is doomed from the start. When her betrothal to the King of Saphyre is announced Alexandra becomes desperate to make her own life. After a spell goes awry, Alexandra finds herself married to the tyrannical Carlyle with no memory of her past or even her magical ability. With no idea of who she is, Alexandra finds herself thrust into the heart of a five-hundred-year-old rebellion led by a man who claims to be Saphyre's rightful king. Buy now and join Alexandra as she battles to remember who she is, and decide the fate of a kingdom. |
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The Last of the Wicked by Israel Barbuzano Meredith is a terrible witch. Every witch in Galavan must pull her weight. The law is clear: procure from Earth one youth suitable for harvest each year. No excuses. No exceptions. Meredith hasn't managed a single one in five years. She tries, she truly does, but something always goes wrong, somehow. Simply put, she's just not very good at magic. That's it. Nothing to do with her doubt, her reluctance or her terrible illness that NOBODY must know. With her record, she wouldāve been purged from the Coven long ago ... if it werenāt for Mifraulde, her dear, doting, smothering, infuriating, perfect-in-every-way brood-sister. She's the Head of the Covenāand now, even her patience is running out. Meredith has one more chance to turn it around. Her next retrieval window starts tonight. The tools are ready, the mark is promising. She couldn't be more driven. Failure is not an option. What will go wrong this time? |
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The Girl Who Talks to Ashes by Rachel Rener Fifteen-year-old Willow is terrified of her new baby, Lilah, who has a peculiar form of epilepsy. Every time Lilah's eyes glaze over, terrible things happen: flowers shrivel, food goes to rot - even Willow's long, auburn hair turns stark white. But it's the death of the family cat that becomes the last straw; in the middle of the night, Willow and her mother dump the infant at the fire station two towns over ā and are never heard from again. The next morning, Chief Stanley Quinn takes Lilah home and cares for the toddler as best as he can. With medication, her epilepsy remains under control... For the most part. But as a teenager, Lilah isn't always keen on taking her pills, and when she sneaks away to a rock concert with the cutest boy in school, something terrible happens, landing both of them in the hospital. After Stanley breaks down and confesses everything to his adopted daughter, she decides to track down the young girl who gave her up sixteen years ago; the young girl who never made it home that nightā¦ The young girl who is now presumed to be dead. Soon, Lilah's quest to find her birth mother becomes a quest to solve a sixteen-year-old missing persons case. She has everything she needs to find her ā she just needs to learn how to control her peculiar āgiftā before she kills someone. Again. |
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Ghosts of the Nightmare Gods by Rebecca Mickley All Skye Worthington wanted was a job; a way to make ends meet, keep the lights on, and her stomach fed. The fates had other plans. A wrong turn, and a sputtering engine herald her entrance to an ancient truthā¦ Little does she know it, but hidden within her mundane world lurks a world of light, magic and nightmare. An ancient evil begins to awake, and she may be one of the few that can stop it. But firstā¦ a few changes are in order. |
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The Lords of the Summer Season by Peter Blaisdell Bradan grew up in Camelot and grew famous during the Summer of Love. Heās nearly immortal, a talented musician, but only a mediocre magician. Thatās unfortunate because heāll need more than pretty lyrics to confront a psychopathic Celtic warlord and a Welsh god hell-bent on collecting souls. Theyāve also near-immortal and Bradan clashed with them 1500 years ago. They havenāt forgotten. Theirs is a duel through history with savage fights in Camelot and Renaissance Florence. Now itās 1967 and theyāve found him again, and they lead an army of specters intent on murder. Bradanās only friends are his haunted motorcycle, his lunatic band-mates, and a witch with uncertain loyalties. There wonāt be much love this summer unless Bradan defeats a warlord and a god. And his friends die too if he doesnāt win this fight. This is fantasy with a dash of psychedelia. The Lords of the Summer Season is part of a series, which also includes The Lords of Oblivion and The Lords of Powder. Each book can be read as a stand-alone novel or together as part of an ongoing series. |
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A mysterious shipwreck could unlock ancient powersā¦ or send her to a watery grave. Targa MacAuley feels more at home on dry land than in the watery realm of her mermaid ancestors. After 17 years on solid ground, she fears sheāll never grow into the creature her mother hoped sheād become. To keep her momās homesickness and true identity under wraps, Targa signs on for a mysterious salvage dive in the Baltic Sea. Her plan to blend in with the rest of the crew is spoiled when she catches the eye of a handsome local. A freak accident and a strange connection to the ancient shipwreck below attract even more unwanted attention. With both her momās secretāand her lifeāin danger, Targa must finally find the courage to unleash the currents surging deep within. Born of Water is the first book in The Elemental Origins, a series of captivating YA urban fantasy novels. If you like new twists on mermaid lore, simmering romance, and close-knit mother-daughter bonds, then youāll love A.L. Knorrās nautical adventure. Embark on a deeper dive into the story's lore with The Wreck of Sybellen, a companion novel included with the book. |
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People called them different things when they first appeared: Walkers, Cryptids, Infected, the Ridden. The most popular was also the least apt, Zombies. Sands from across the ocean blew in and covered everything in a fine dusting of granules, as they did every year. But this year they carried with them an infectious spore that infected anything that breathed. Animal or human, it showed no favorites and infected them all. If people were lucky, they retained the ability to think. If they werenāt, they became little more than monsters hungry for more spores. Chris stumbled out of his cheap motel room after the worst night of his life and straight into the apocalypse. This is not your normal zombie apocalypse story, as Chris was about to find out. Itās not the monsters he needs to worry about. Itās the humans. If you liked The Last of Us and World War Z, you will be sure to enjoy The Ridden. |
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The Gatekeeper's Staff by Antoine Bandele TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into itā¦ until now. Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJās world. Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him. So he enrolls in Camp Olosaāa remedial magic school for the divinely less-than-gifted in the humid swamps of New Orleans. But little does he know, TJ is destined to cross paths with powerful spirits of old thought lost to time: the Orishas. Delve into this young adult fantasy based on the mythology of the West African gods, where TJ will encounter unlikely allies, tough-as-gatorhide instructors, and the ancient secrets of the Orishas. |
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Faye in the City: With Her Dog Puffy by KE Wills After graduating college, Faye moves to Washington, D.C. with her dog Puffy and best friend Lucy. The three of them navigate sharing a tiny studio apartment and adapting to living in the city. But very quickly, Faye realizes something isnāt as it seems. As her quirky talents become strong abilities of the mind, she stumbles across a magical compass and dives into the comfort of her Persian culture. Faye must learn to accept who she is and what she can do. Join along with Faye and Puffy as their adventures in the Capitol test the strength of friendships, love, and sense of self. |
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Emergency Shift by Daniel Potter Never promise a fey anything. With magic leaking back into our world, working the nightshift as a paramedic comes with danger. But I handle it. Iāve got a shotgun for the zombies and my lycanthropic rage hasnāt escaped my apartment. Life is normal-ish. All that changes when Iām called to help a dying fey knight and I make a promise. Thereās a little girl with big eyes and a heart-rending sniffle. I canāt say no. Of course sheās not human. Sheās their key to opening the long-closed gates and feasting on humanity. Now an entire world I know nothing about is trying to kill me. And if I donāt protect her, the teeth around my heart will finish the job. If I learn fast and bargain the right parts of my soul, the girl and I might make it out alive. Otherwise the cruelest winter will freeze even the warmest hearts in the city. Read my story now and ride along for a wild Emergency Shift. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Anne Bishop will love this collision of shifter and fairy worlds. |
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The Kept King by Ryan D. Meier Autumn has come to the kingdom of Harlowās Hill. Leaves of red, orange, and yellow cast a soft glow over the castle and its small farming villages, lending a tranquility to the quiet lands. Life in the northern hills was peaceful, serene, and trouble-free. But for King Thomas Hawke, it wasnāt that simple. Since childhood, he had been stricken with a mysterious illness; one with no known cause, and no known cure. It repeatedly took a heavy toll on the kingās body; however, nothing was more devastating than the loss of his memory. After each episode, the King has been left to reconstruct the fragments of his life, hoping that one day his memories might return. As the years stretched on, his illness only grew worse - threatening his family line that still required an heir. With help from the Order of Acolytes, Thomas finds himself in a race against time to find a queen. Suitor after suitor come to the castle, and each visit ends the same way ā with the King alone in the castleās keep. That is until a mysterious new woman, Kate, arrives. Join Thomas and Kate as they unravel the mysteries of Harlowās Hill, changing everything they know about who they were, who they are, and who they will be. |
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The Crown of Death by David Schratz One day, eighth-grader Jay Adrastus's ordinary life is turned upside down when he finds his cafeteria worker about to stab him. Jay's narrow escape launches him into a world where myths are real, and dangerous, too. A character from one of these myths is alive, and bitter after the loss of his wife. It is up to Jay and his new-found friends to stop him - or never see their families again. Jay may just learn a few lessons on the trip. Ones that will change the way he views the entire world. |
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The Wayward Wizard by Alesha Escobar Iām the last person a secret government agency wants to call for help. I spend my days selling New Age trinkets to humans and my nights drinking with a street-hustling alchemist. Not exactly the law and order type. But when monsters from our childhood nightmares become flesh and blood, snatching people from the streets, Iām one of the few wizards alive who can uncover whoās behind it. My past threatens to catch up with me, and Iām not sure I can outrun it. After losing my family in a fire and being whisked away by my caretaker to train at the Akashic Academy, my life was further turned upside down when I emerged from my final test to find three dead master wizards. Despite being cleared of all charges, most in my community believe I killed them. They call me the Wayward Wizard. I may be a black sheep among magic-users, but I deliver results. Which is why this secret agency has dragged me out of bed, slapped the bottle of whiskey out of my hand, and placed me with Alanna Reid. Sheās their best (and most uptight) agent whoās been ordered to keep an eye on me and make sure I get the job doneāor, put a bullet in me. But as good as Alanna is, even she may not be prepared for whatās coming. And if I canāt shut down the mysterious wizard wielding stolen powers, then I have a demigod looking over my shoulder, salivating at the thought of bringing on the Apocalypse as punishment. Itās like the teacher penalizing the entire class for one asshatās actions, but on a cosmic level. Since I like living, the choice is clear. But something tells me that in unraveling the truth, Iāll also have to face my own monsters, which can be just as deadly. |
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The Museum of All Things Lost & Forgotten by A.R. Henle Dare to Remember! Bea detests snap decisions. Better to take time, examine options, and make informed choices. Order above chaos, always: in life and magic. Her new job in a magical museum suits her to a T. Lead tours through the public displays? Easy peasy. Run mapping sweeps to keep abreast of the ever-changing back rooms? The best kind of adventure. Until she stumbles across an unattended child lost in a long-forgotten forest. Restoring the child to her parent begins an adventure requiring Bea move fastāor risk catastrophe. Enter the spellbinding and richly imaginative world of The Museum of All Things Lost & Forgotten. |
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Graves Robbed, Heirlooms Returned by Ashley Capes At least when youāre Deathās nephew the bad guys literally have no-where to hide, right? Meet Reed Lavender, a mostly-human detective with the uncanny ability to hear the final words of the dead. But on this case heāll need more than his usual tricks to solve the murder of a teen runaway ā heāll need something that just might be more trouble than itās worth ā the help of his ragtag Reaper-cousins. But the deeper Reed digs the more he realises thereās something far bigger and darker beneath his city, something vast, something that is ripening to rot... |
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Hunters (The Ballad of the Songbird) by Jon Ford Welcome to the new ageā¦ In a world where Vampyrii, Werewolves and other creatures of myth and legend now live side by side with the remnants of the Human race, conflicts are inevitable. Gayle Knightley has been fighting all her life. As a Fae/Human hybrid, a quirk of her birth ensured she was destined to be a warrior. A Hunter. One of the best. But now sheās broken and grieving. Her team and her friends brutally taken from her. Gayle will need to overcome her grief and join the fight once again. Her first steps on the path to redemption take her back to London, and the Human Fae Academy where it all began. Where she learnt to be a Hunter. Yet on the eve of a historical global summit, an enigmatic manipulator threatens to shatter the fragile peace. In Werewolf controlled Canada, a girl is abducted by a monster. In Vampire occupied America, a lone Vampyrii forges an alliance with an enemy to try and correct history. How are these things all connected? And more importantlyā¦who hunts the Hunters? Hunters is a story as complex and deep as Game of Thrones or The Expanse, yet set in a modern urban fantasy setting. |
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Small Places by Matthew Samuels Jamie is a lonely, anxious kid when he has a run-in with a witch in a remote Somerset village. Heās almost forgotten about it thirteen years later when unpredictable storms and earthquakes hit England - and thatās the least of his worries. Suffering from anxiety, terrible flatmates and returning to his family home after his mother is diagnosed with cancer, heās got a lot on his mind. But Melusine, the witch of flesh and blood, lures him back with the offer of cold, hard cash in exchange for his help investigating the source of the freak weather; somethingās messing with the earth spirit, Gaia, and Mel means to find out who - or what - it is. As they work together, travelling to the bigoted Seelie Court and the paranoid Unseelie Court, meeting stoned fauns and beer-brewing trolls, Jamie must reconcile his feelings about the witchās intentions and methods all while handling grief, life admin and one singularly uptight estate agent. |
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Summer of the Gods by Sascha Kersken Athens, in the summer of 2015. The negotiations concerning the economy crisis are going on as expected: European Commission, International Monetary Fund, and European Central Bank think as much that they're right as the Greek participants are sure that these foreign powers don't really want to help them. The heat is as stale as the debates. This general deadlock is suddenly disrupted by new players whom no one would have counted in: the Ancient Gods are back! But what do they even want? Can people trust them? Are they really the selfless helpers they pretend to be? Are they even working together, or against each other? And what about people's free will? The experiences of seven characters build the panorama of this story that takes a look at how an intervention by powerful and mysterious beings can change the world. A story about power and powerlessness, war und peace, trust and treason, humans and Gods, politics and the economy. |
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Trapped Between Infinite Possible Realities Hig is a disabled kid with a loving mom, a baby sister, a distant father, and a doting uncle, Charlie. On a trip to a county fair, the family encounters a mysterious āMirror of Wishesā booth that leads to radical, unexplained life changes, including Higās uncleās abrupt disappearance and his motherās untimely death. One of the changes is Higās miraculous cureāhis congenital spina bifida is gone and he no longer needs a wheelchair. As Hig grows up, he continuously frets about what really happened but is too scared to actually look for answers to the mystery. Years later, Hig takes his girlfriend Klaire to another county fair. They encounter the same booth and its proprietor, Mistress Kismet. A bizarre chain of events ensues, including Uncle Charlieās return as a very different person. They discover that Mistress Kismetās booth is a portal that has been altering peopleās realities and fates for many decades. When Higās younger sister disappears, Hig, Klaire, the woman who raised him after his mother died, and a friend chase the girl to a music festival where the visitors are being promised a transformational experience with visions of possible alternate realities. During a performance, Hig and his companions are all physically thrown into one of the possible parallel universes. Itās a very different place where Kismet is a religion, The Beatles released a Black Album, and Hig is again bound to a wheelchair. Yet in this version of reality, Higās mother lives. As their time in a new reality lingers on, they risk becoming stuck there, unable to turn back, overwhelmed by cascading consequences of changing reality. Hig is desperate to return his own timestream or find a new one where they can all be togetherābefore itās too late. But can any place Hig ends up ever feel like home? Does love span multiple timestreams? Does the portal offer a permanent answer to the question āWhat if I could have the life of my choosing?ā Or is it a nightmare of neverending change? |
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Unstoppable Shadow by Alex Mead Friendless orphan from the slums of Talon, Scab is no ordinary boy. So everyone keeps telling him. Heās pretty sure āthe Slowā doesnāt happen to anyone else, but he darenāt ask, in fear of the next beating. Taken from the city, Scab finds himself closer than ever to having a bed of his own, but it comes at a price. A painful one. Veteran assassin, Silas is ready for a normal life with a family. Something the Shadows would never allow. Not helping matters, the strange, grey-eyed boy from the slums gives him glimpses of how life might be with a son. Offering Scab the opportunity to follow the same violent path as his own, Silas finds himself bound tighter to the Shadows. With his future entwined with the boyās, heās beginning to wonder if death may be the only way out. |
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EXODUS 2022 by Kenneth G. Bennett Eco, sci-fi, thriller EXODUS 2022: "Bennett, after a neat Dean Koontzāstyle curtain-raiser, keeps raising the stakesā¦ Deft storytelling and a riptide of action propel this cataclysmic narrative." --KIRKUS REVIEWS IS HE LOSING HIS MIND-- OR HIS WORLD? Joe Stanton is in agony. Out of his mind over the death of his young daughter. Unable to contain his grief, Joe loses control in public, screaming his daughterās name and causing a huge scene at a hotel on San Juan Island in Washington State. Thing is, Joe Stanton doesnāt have a daughter. Never did. And when the authorities arrive they blame the 28-year-oldās outburst on drugs. What they donāt yet know is that others up and down the Pacific coastāfrom the Bering Sea to the Puget Soundāare suffering identical, always fatal mental breakdowns. With the help of his girlfriend, Joe struggles to unravel the meaning of the hallucination destroying his mind. As the couple begins to perceive its significanceāand Joeās role in a looming global calamityāthey must also outwit a billionaire weapons contractor bent on exploiting Joeās newfound understanding of the cosmos, and outlast the time bomb ticking in Joeās brain. |
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Alyssia Gale is a daydreamer. A liar. An attention seeker. Everyone she's ever known has found a label to stick on her, but one thing's for sure: she can't be telling the truth. The flashes she sees of the dark and difficult lives of four other people, living in a world that's not her own ā¦ they can't be real. Alyssia understands that as well as anyone, even if she does keep catching herself thinking of the people she sees as friends. Then she's pulled into that other world by blood and dark magic, and realises that everyone she's ever known was wrong. To start with, her focus is on surviving until she can find a way home. Yet it doesn't take long for her to figure out that where before she was merely a spectator, now she can change things. And with one of her friends being forced into an abusive marriage, and another trapped in the cruellest of prisons, there's plenty that needs changing. She just needs to survive long enough to do it. What she doesn't know is that something connects her to these four people. Something she never could have imagined. And it's not long before she isn't just fighting to find her place between the worlds ā she's fighting to protect her closest friends from a narrative that wants them dead. |
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Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron Making a living is hard. In a lawless city where gods are real, dragons are traffic hazards, and buildings move around on their own, it can feel downright impossible. Good thing freelance mage Opal Yong-ae has never let little things like impossibility stop her. Sheās found a way to put her overpriced magical art history degree to use as a Cleaner: a contract municipal employee who empties out abandoned apartments and resells the unusual treasures she finds inside for a profit. Itās not a pretty job, or a safe one--thereās a reason she wears bite-proof gloves--but when youāre neck-deep in debt to a very magical, very nasty individual, you canāt be picky about where the money comes from. But even Opalās low standards are put to the test when the only thing of value in her latest apartment is the body of the previous tenant. Dealing with the dead isnāt technically part of her job, but this mage died hiding a secret that could be worth a lot of money, and Opalās the only one who knows. With debts she canāt pay due at the end of the week, this could be the big break sheās been waiting for, but in a city of runaway magic where getting in over your head generally means losing it, the cost of chasing this opportunity might be more than Opal can survive. AUTHORāS NOTE: This is the first in a new series set in the same universe as my Heartstrikers books, but you donāt need to have read those stories to enjoy this one. MINIMUM WAGE MAGIC was written to stand by itself, so if you havenāt read the others, donāt worry! I wrote this book with you in mind. Thank you so much for reading! |
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Death by Miracle by Fowler Brown All persons shall be equal before the law, regardless of divine heritage or status of godhood. Thatās the idea, anyway. Detective Sophia Akerele deals with the worst of divinity. Instead of chattering on social media about Apolloās latest pop song, sheās tracing magical weapons to local gangsā¦ until she takes a fireball to the chest. She expects an afterlife, not a job offer from an international law enforcement agency. The Furies give her a chance to finally make a differenceāto return to life with the power needed to tackle the worst supernatural crimes. Her first assignment: Egypt, where a divine bomb throws her hometown into chaos. Sophia works alongside her cynical new partner, the local police, and an adventurous demigoddess with a doctoral degree in thaumaturgy. But that may not be enough, as she confronts organized crime, sinister gods, and, worst of all, the family she had to leave behind. Eliott Dunstan on Reedsy Discovery: "Queer representation, expertly-researched myth and history, and a compelling, morally complex plot driven and populated by badass women! ā¦ If you like mythic and/or urban fantasy, worldbuilding that actively works against colonialism, and imaginative takes on modern gods, pick up Death by Miracle. You won't regret it." |
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Jack Nyx is down on his luck. Demons bound to his flesh, his ex's soul in a jar, and on his last dime, he takes the one job he shouldnāt.But a quick buck never comes easy, and Jack is in the deep end of the fecal pool. Desperate, he enlists the help of street witch, Ivy Sosye.In over their heads, trapped between the demons they know and the devil they don't, the last thing Jack needs is to fall for his best friend.Hunted, cursed, and in love is no way to go through life. Then again, it's better than dead. |
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Dani Norris found him: the dead guy. She was on her way home from her job in the PATH, the huge underground mall in downtown Toronto that connects hundreds of office towers, so it wasnāt like heād been there long. Even though he looked like he had. After that weird things kept happening. Ro Parks from Sentinel Security seemed to have some answers but Dani didnāt want answers. She just wanted things to get back to normal. But they didnāt: things just kept getting weirder. And more dangerous. And weirdest of all? It seems that only Dani can make things normal again. She hopes. |
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Ika Ivory and Chandi MorrowHill are two teenagers from a small town. They are the closest of friends; nearly inseparable. As wonderful as their bond is, it was forged due to tragic circumstances. Both of them are victims of dreadful childhood traumas. It is through their grief that they grew closer and learned to take on the world together. Wenworld is a strange and wondrous place, and they have vowed to chase two particular men to the ends of it and back for revenge. Ika seeks a man named Kirga, who is known more commonly as 'The Hellcat'. He is responsible for taking the life of Ika's elder sister, a memory that Ika cannot escape from. Chandi wishes to one day find a man named Wriliara, who mercilessly took both parents from her. As they grew older, Ika and Chandi spent most of their time researching these men. Through their shared research, the duo one day discovered that these men work together; though the incidents the children suffered through took place at separate times. Once they found this out, Ika and Chandi made a promise to each other that they would hunt them to the far reaches of the world to get their revenge. Together, as they did all things. In order to get the revenge they seek, however, they must first be trained in the complex ways of Wenworld magic. Kirga and Wriliara are far more powerful than the average criminal. Ika and Chandi will need to close a mighty gap in time for that showdown. Good thing they have a competent master, who just happens to be a talking rabbit. What could go wrong? Fans of Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD or Will Wight's CRADLE series will be right at home in Wenworld. The World Inside the Crystal is the first installment of a four-book series, and Wenworld itself is only the first piece of a vast fictional universe filled with magic and adventure. |
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Survival's Edge by Casey White Life was going great - right up until Tara died. She'd always expected that to be it. Death is final, after all. But when she reaches the afterlife, she's instead presented with a destiny she'd never bargained for. Instead of reincarnating to begin a new life as a human, she's been selected as a candidate for godhood. If she can claw her way to divinity, sheāll be the first new blood to stand amid the old pantheons in ages. Lucky her. Thrown into the dubious situation of establishing herself as a fledgling goddess in a cruel, skeptical world, Tara clings to the task sheās been given: Kill an aging, ancient deity, and take her place. Not everyone will be happy to see her, and not everyone will approve of her smashing through celestial society like a wrecking ball. Giving up means laying down and accepting oblivion, though - and that's something Tara refuses to do. She'll have her birthright, and she'll have her name. And then Terra will rise again. Spark of Divinity contains strong language and content that may be traumatic, with themes around death and overcoming hardship.. |
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Most people think the fae are gone. Most people are wrong. Owen Williams wakes after a horrific car accident to find his wife is deadāand somehow turned into a gryphonāand his kids gone after a home invasion turned horribly wrong. Shattered and reeling, he vows to do whatever it takes to find them. When a fae scout appears and promises to reunite him with his kids, he doesnāt hesitate before joining her. But she warns him that if he wants to protect his family, he must follow the fae to their city, the hidden haven of Tearmann. With enemies on the horizon, Owen needs to set aside his fears and take up arms to defend their new home alongside the people heās always been taught were monstersāor heāll lose everyone heās trying to protect. |
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Ethereal Secrets: Shadows of Otherside Book 3 by Whitney Hill Arden Finch's conflict with her former guardian reaches the breaking point. As Arden's power grows, Callista works to twist the alliance away from her once more. To secure her ties with Otherside, Arden must outmaneuver both enemies and allies in a race against time. Between that and complications with the upcoming Reveal, a high-pressure case is exactly what Arden doesn't need. But the goddess Artemis has a task, one that will push Arden to her limits and force her to question everything. And as the Wild Hunt draws closer, she finds herself on a collision course with her pastāand her future. |
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Never Say Never by Justine Manzano Sword and Silk Books Indie Recs Indie Teacup Dragon Coop WriteHive Book Club After she walks in on her mom doing the horizontal mambo with a man that's decidedly not her dad, Brynn Stark swears to NEVER fall in love. One of her friends--Val-- reveals her true identity--Aphrodite, goddess of love, and promises to show Brynn why she shouldn't lose faith. But when Brynn realizes she's beginning to fall for Adam, Aphrodite's boyfriend, Brynn's forced to decide if she'll choose her goddess-given fate, or risk it all for the wrong-but-right guy. One thing's for sure. Love sucks. And it's all about to blow up in their faces. |
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Damned Souls and a Sangria (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 8) by Annette Marie Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life. Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending job in the world, the most amazing (and hot) best friends I never knew I needed, and a guild of misfit magic-users who've become my extended family. And I'm about to lose it all. In my desperation to save Ezra, I stumbled into a web of ruthless deception--and seriously pissed off a sleeping hydra. Now its every murderous head is turned toward me and my guild, and I don't know how to stop it. I'm not sure I can. I'm not sure anyone can. But if I don't, we're all doomed--Ezra, Aaron, Kai, and my beloved guild. |
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Lost Talismans and a Tequila (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 7) by Annette Marie You know that squirmy sensation in your gut when you have no idea what you're doing and you're about to screw everything up? Yeah, that feeling. I thought I was a good judge of character, but recent events proved me very wrong. Now, in a brilliant demonstration of my newfound caution, I'm putting all my faith in a demonāa demon who's tried to kill me before. The squirmy feeling is making sense, right? Unfortunately, I don't have any other options. Ezra's time is almost up, which means I need answers and I need them fast. So it's time to toughen up, pack my gear, and find me one of the most illegal, reviled, and scarce mythics out there: a demon-mage summoner. And all I have to do is follow a demon's instructions on where to look. How could that go wrong? |
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Druid Vices and a Vodka (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 6) by Annette Marie I've said it before, but sometimes I'm a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I've run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are. (Good thing my job as a guild bartender doesn't require moral perfection.) But there's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine. His transgressions include black-magic dealings, kidnapping, and murder, and he's about to add "revenge-fueled killing spree" to his resumeāif I don't stop him. Should I stop him? He and his nemesis are gearing up to tear each other apart, rogues and vultures are converging with their sights on the spoils, and the guilds that would normally stomp them into the ground are under attack. We're on the verge of an all-out criminal turf war, and my time to decide is almost up. Who's the real bad guy ... and do I dare stand in his way? |
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The Alchemist and an Amaretto (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 5) by Annette Marie As a guild bartender, I can handle pretty much anything--mages, sorcerers, witches, the occasional demon. But show me anything family-related and I'd rather run for the hills. It doesn't even have to be my family. So I have no idea why I thought spending the holidays with Aaron's mom and pop was a good idea. Meeting his famous parents is already terrifying enough, but I've got a bigger problem. Students of his family's renowned mage academy are being attacked on the grounds--and somehow no one has seen a single assailant? Unexplained tracks litter the nearby woods, rumors of forbidden alchemy are circulating the campus...and Ezra has been acting strangely since we arrived. Something deadly is brewing in the shadow of Sinclair Academy, and the longer we take to uncover it, the more dangerous it becomes. But no matter the risk, we'll protect the students. And Aaron's parents too, I suppose. If we have to. |
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Demon Magic and a Martini (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 4) by Annette Marie When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica. Turns out they have a good reason for that. My guild is strictly hellion-free, but some people will risk life and soul to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground. And now a demon has been loosed in the city. My three best friends are determined to slay it, but even badass combat mages are critically out-magicked. And that's not all. The monster they're tracking--it's not hiding. It's not fleeing. It's not leaving a trail of corpses everywhere it goes. The demon is hunting too. And in a city full of mythics, it's searching for deadlier prey. If we can't unravel the demon's sinister motivations, more innocent people will die, but finding the answers means digging into dark secrets...and learning truths I never wanted to know. -- Note: The three mages are definitely sexy, but this series isn't a reverse harem. It's 100% fun, sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy. |
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Two Witches and a Whiskey (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 3) by Annette Marie Three months ago, I landed a job as a bartender. But not at a bar--at a guild. Yeah, the magic kind. I'm not a badass mage like my three smokin' hot best friends. I'm not a sorcerer or an alchemist, or even a wussy witch. I'm just a human, slinging drinks like a pro and keeping my non-magical nose out of mythic business. Seriously, I know my limits. So why am I currently standing in a black-magic ritual circle across from a fae lord? Somewhere behind me, my three mage friends are battling for their lives. Somewhere near my feet is the rogue witch I just knocked out with a stolen spell. And I have about five seconds to convince this very angry sea god not to shmoosh me like a bug. I'm pretty sure this wasn't in the job description. -- Note: The three mages are definitely sexy, but this series isn't a reverse harem. It's 100% fun, sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy. |
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Dark Arts and a Daiquiri (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 2) by Annette Marie When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here. It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender--but not at a bar. At a guild, populated by mages, sorcerers, alchemists, witches, and psychics. Good thing this lame-o human is adaptable, right? Then my favorite guild members--three sexy, powerful, and intermittently charming mages--asked for my help. Did they want access to my encyclopedic knowledge of cocktails? Oh no. They wanted to wrap me up in a pretty ribbon and plunk me in the crosshairs of a murderous rogue to lure him out of hiding. So that's what we did. And that's why I'm here. About to be kidnapped. Oh, and our grand plan for safely capturing said murderous rogue? Yeah, that completely fell apart about two minutes ago. Why did I agree to this again? -- Note: The three mages are definitely sexy, but this series isn't a reverse harem. It's 100% fun, sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy. |
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Three Mages and a Margarita (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 1) by Annette Marie Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig. It went downhill the moment they asked for a trial shift instead of an interviewāto see if I'd mesh with their "special" clientele. I think that part went great. Their customers were complete jerks, and I was an asshole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right? I expected to get thrown out on my ass. Instead, they ... offered me the job? It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-shit bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here. So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of courseāwith a pay raise. -- Note: The three mages are definitely sexy, but this series isn't a reverse harem. It's 100% fun, sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy. Tori has no problem getting herself into trouble in every book in the Guild Codex series, but each one is a complete adventure. |